831 S. Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719) 387-6700 | Fax: 719-632-7807 | info@csha.us
Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
The Management Office for current Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) tenants is located at 831 S. Nevada Ave.
The Housing Choice Vouchers program is a rent subsidy program that assists eligible low-income persons and their families in obtaining affordable, decent, and safe housing by paying a portion of their rent. Eligible applicants locate a unit in the private rental market. Rent must be within the current allowed Payment Standards. The tenant pays between 30% and 40% of their gross income for rent. Participants are required to have an annual inspection.
Determining Family Unit (voucher) Size: The Housing Authority will assign one bedroom for each two persons within the household, except in the following circumstances:
- Children of the opposite gender will be allocated separate bedrooms if either child has reached 6 years of age by, or prior to, the effective date of the annual reexamination or new admission.
- Persons opposite gender of the head of household will be allocated separate bedrooms if the person has reached 6 years of age by, or prior to, the effective date of the annual reexamination or new admission.
- A live-in aide will be allocated a separate bedroom (if the live-in aide has children, the child will not be allocated separate bedrooms).
Beginning January 3rd, 2017, the Colorado Springs Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Specialists and Intake staff will no longer see walk-ins. All voucher holders and intake clients must have a scheduled appointment with their Specialist.
A copy of the Colorado Springs Housing Authority Administrative Plan is available upon request.
Section 8 Documents
- Utility Allowance Chart - Effective 1/1/20 - Single-Family (Semi-Detached, Duplex, Detached House, Mobile Home) (Adobe pdf)
- Utility Allowance Chart -Effective 1/1/20 - Multi-Family (High Rise, Apartment, Row House, Townhouse) (Adobe pdf)
- Incoming Portability Information (Adobe pdf)
- Income Limits 2019 (Adobe pdf)
- Income Limits 2020 (Adobe pdf)
- Fair Market Rent/Voucher Payment Standard - Effective 1/1/20 (Adobe pdf)
- 2020 Landlord Schedule of Payments (Adobe pdf)
- Violence Against Women Act 2013 (VAWA) (Adobe pdf)